# Gavin Andresen
# 2012-06-20 21:15:17
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=88734.msg978187#msg978187

Before you copy the blk* files, you must run with the -detachdb option and make sure you shutdown bitcoin and wait for it to exit completely.  With 0.6.2, we change the default from "take a long time to shut down, but leave standalone .dat files" to "shutdown quickly, but leave .dat files that are tied to the database/log.* files". @p{par}

Too many ordinary users were quitting bitcoin and then immediately powering off their systems, leaving the database in a bad state. @p{brk}